Ashley Foster

Ashley has held multiple roles at Park Day including Dean of Students and Athletics Director. She is delighted to be Director of Auxiliary Programming and oversees the after school, camps, and athletics programs at Park Day while also working as an admissions associate in the enrollment office. Prior to joining Park Day School in 2018, Ashley taught upper grade elementary school in Berkeley and Oakland for nine years. During her time teaching in the Bay Area she has developed her passion for and acuity at helping students grow into socially responsible, fulfilled and achieving students. While teaching at Oxford Elementary, Ashley served as Equity Teacher Lead and Technology Teacher Lead. At Crocker Highlands Elementary she was selected to model Caring School Community curriculum, a strategy for creating inclusive and socially/emotionally skillful student communities, for the district.

Ashley played basketball at Holy Names University where she later earned her M.A. in Urban Education. Ashley enjoys any kind of physical activity with her dog Peppy, watching the Warriors dominate and spending time with her family.